Jacques Bidou Pandora da Cunha Telles Marianne Dumoulin Pablo Iraola Pedro Pimenta
Starring
Sumeia Maculuva Hermelinda Cimela Iva Mugalela Rosa Mario
Cinematography
Mario Masini
Edited by
Nadia Ben Rachid
Music by
Moreira Chonguiça
Production companies
Ebano Multimedia Fonds Images Afrique du Ministère Français des Affaires Etranges Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual JBA Radiotelevisão Portuguesa
Ukbar Filmes
Distributed by
Marfilmes Trigon-film
Release date
September 2012 (2012-09) (Toronto)
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
Mozambique France Portugal
Languages
French Portuguese
Virgin Margarida (theatrically as Virgem Margarida) is a 2012 Portuguese drama film directed by Mozambique director Licínio Azevedo and co-produced by Jacques Bidou, Pandora da Cunha Telles, Marianne Dumoulin, Pablo Iraola and Pedro Pimenta.[1][2] The film stars Sumeia Maculuva with Hermelinda Cimela, Iva Mugalela, and Rosa Mario in supporting roles.[3][4] The film is about Margarida, a sixteen-year-old girl from the countryside who was taken mistakenly during 1975 Mozambique's rebirth to sweep all the prostitutes and bad habits from the streets of Maputo.[5][6][7]
Virgin Margarida premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.[8] The film received critics positive acclaim and screened worldwide.[9][10][11][12][13] In 2012 at the Amiens International Film Festival, the film won the Audience Award for the Best Film. It also won the SIGNIS Award for Special Mention at the same festival. In the same year, the film was nominated for Tanit d'Or award for the Best Film at the Carthage Film Festival. In 2014, actress Rosa Mario won the Andorinha Trophy for the Best Supporting Actress at the Cineport - Portuguese Film Festival.[14]
^Mulliken, Douglas (2020-01-02). "Confronting the Silences of History: Licínio Azevedo's Virgem Margarida and Comboio de Sal e Açúcar". Journal of Southern African Studies. 46: 57–71. doi:10.1080/03057070.2020.1711611. S2CID 213800329. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
^"Virgin Margarida: African Film Festival, Inc". Retrieved 2021-10-02.
^""Virgem Margarida", the insurgent spirit of women: BUALA". www.buala.org. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
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